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Theater performance: "Becoming Harriet Tubman"

The theatrical storytelling presentation allows the audience to follow the development of little Araminta Ross as she becomes the iconic heroine Harriet Tubman. Five characters, all played by Natalie Daise, share their perspective on the events that shaped Harriet. Coded message songs, as well as a haunting melody by Kim and Reggie Harris, add texture to her unique and uplifting story. $15 ($5 for SUNY Oswego students), including parking in the Culkin Hall lot (E-6) and nearby lot E-18. 312-2141. http://www.oswego.edu/arts.

Theater performance: "Becoming Harriet Tubman"

The theatrical storytelling presentation allows the audience to follow the development of little Araminta Ross as she becomes the iconic heroine Harriet Tubman. Five characters, all played by Natalie Daise, share their perspective on the events that shaped Harriet. Coded message songs, as well as a haunting melody by Kim and Reggie Harris, add texture to her unique and uplifting story. $15 ($5 for SUNY Oswego students), including parking in the Culkin Hall lot (E-6) and nearby lot E-18. 312-2141. http://www.oswego.edu/arts.

English 286 - Introduction to Cinema and Screen StudiesA critical introduction to the analysis, theory and history of moving images, from nineteenth-century investigations of afterimages and stroboscopy to cinema, television, endoscopy, military and medical imaging, and new digital media.

English 386 - The Cinema (Intro to Film Theory)An extended inquiry into the question: "What is a film, what can it do?" Students will view a series of films and situate them in relation to: film history; the history of images and visuality; genre, directors and actors; narration, time, movement, memory and gesture; the economics of recording production; information and digitality.

English 388 - Film GenreA history and analysis of film genre. The course will examine the notion of film genre as distinct from other notions of genre, in particular, literary genre. Special attention will be paid to horror, melodrama, film noir, musicals, science fiction and teen pics.

English 486 - World CinemaA history and examination of, as well as an engagement with, cinema as a global phenomenon. The course will explore the idea, effects and institutions of many different cinemas, growing in different parts of the world, as these constitute both a single, global phenomenon and a set of independent existences and resistances. Creative Writing 201 - Screenwriting: IntroductoryThis introductory writing course covers the basics of the screenwriting genre with particular emphasis on structure and analysis popularized by mainstream Hollywood producers and studios. Using a variety of exercises, film clips and script samples, the course will culminate in the completion of the first act of an original screenplay (approximately 25 pages). No prerequisite.CRW 301 - Screenwriting: IntermediateThis advanced screenwriting course focuses on plotting strategies and characterization that will help build the second act of a screenplay. Additional attention will be paid to treatments, storyboarding, step outlines and pitching. International film and less traditional narrative styles in screenwriting will be explored. The course will culminate in the completion of the first half of an original screenplay (approximately 50 pages). Prerequisite: CRW 201

CSS 235 - Intro to Cinema ProductionAn introduction to the fundamentals of film production. CSS 335 - Intermediate Cinema ProductionStudents will work in a professional environment in which they will produce a dramatic film. They will learn how to create a production schedule and budget, scouting and shooting on location, and non-linear post-production.

In addition, students interested in film will find the following courses of interest:Advanced ScreenwritingChildren's Literature and FilmExperimental FilmLocation-based FilmmakingEnglish 220, Modern Culture and Media